OBIDOS, March 18 — The world’s most expensive chocolate went on display at a chocolate fair in Obidos in Portugal on Friday. Priced at €7,728 (RM37,300) and covered in edible gold, the chocolate is part of a limited edition of 1,000 bonbons.

It has a filling of saffron threads, white truffle, vanilla from Madagascar and gold flakes. It was guarded by two uniformed men.

Its creator, Portuguese chocolatier Daniel Gomes, said the diamond-shaped chocolate was certified as the world’s most expensive by the Guinness Book of Records, which in 2017 listed US$250 (RM978) La Madeline au Truffe made by Danish artisan chocolate-maker Fritz Knipschildt’s as the record holder.